Did I Find The True Meaning And Purpose In Life?

If you will go to a ticketing agency to buy an airplane ticket, what are the main questions a representative will ask you?  First, he will know your personal information and second is your destination before he or she gives you the total cost of plane ticket.  Or if you want to become a successful person in the future, what is the first question your teacher will ask you in your grade school level as to what you want to be when you're in College?  What is the reason why the ticketing representative and your grade school teacher want to know your exact answer to these questions?  Of course, to give the right amount of fare of your plane ticket so that you will know whether to buy or not.  Your teacher on the other hand will give you suggestions to guide you what course or program you need to take in college and what university is the best for your program.  The plane ticket representative and the teacher want to guide you to have the best decision in your particular situation and not to waste your limited resources in order to maximize benefits of your limited investment.

The same thing with your life.  To avoid or at least minimize wastes and losses, like your life, time, money, health, and other concerns, you have to know the meaning of your life and its purpose before you make a definite action steps to go on.  King Solomon, the wisest man lived on earth gave us the source of wisdom that man can use to make a right and wise decision in life.  It says in Proverbs 1:7, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom but fools despise wisdom and discipline."  This verse means that a person must love God and to love him is to listen and to hold on continuously to his words.  It is only the words of God or the truth a person can set as free from all fears, worries, negativism in life, loosing of self-confidence and self- esteem.  To be free is to have the strength to think right and wise cause he is now motivated by love and holiness which are from God, the source of pure, joyful, hopeful, and satisfying life.  But foolish is a person who doesn't care for the truth that can set him free.  The word of God says in Psalm 10:4 "In his pride the wicked does not seek him; and in all his thoughts there is no room for God.  The words of God describe and declare that person as foolish.  You don't expect that a foolish person will win the challenges in life, because he is away from God.  He has no stability and peace cause he has no wisdom.    "There is no peace says the Lord for the wicked" (Isaiah 48:22).  He tries to do everything by his own strength, schemes, and strategies but in the end it resulted to frustrations, short term success, and failures.  A person who lives in sin means a life under the influence or spirit of Satan whose main purposes for coming are to kill, to steal and to destroy.  "There is a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to death" (Proverbs 14:12).  A life away from God is a life full of emptiness and loneliness.

God is love and all who receive him, to them he gave the right to become children of God (John 1:12).  A person can become a child of God if he will sincerely accept Jesus, his only begotten Son to be his Lord and Savior.  The offer of God's salvation is free but it is not cheap cause it cost the very life or blood of Jesus when he offered himself to die on the cross as once and for all offering to God for the forgiveness of sins of men.  Forgiveness means, salvation of the totality of man, that includes his present confused life to a fresh and better life  from the power and punishment of sin or the eternal separation of man from the presence of God.  To be separated from the presence of God is to be in the presence of Satan in hell - the eternal place of torment and extreme painful punishment for eternity.  For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:23; Hebrews 10:10).

The thief comes to steal, to kill and to destroy all kinds of relationship of men but Jesus came to give you life and to have this more abundantly (John 10:10).  All mess and issues in life come from the teaching and influence of Satan.  His main purpose now is to destroy man's life including yours'.  He didn't overthrow God because he underestimated the power of his creator that's why he diverted his anger and shame resulted from his defeat to us all cause he knew that we are not God but man - limited and mortal.  Satan knew our weaknesses and he knew where he will attack us.  He will use money, sex, lust of the eyes and mind, power and personal satisfactions to turn us away from God and to be with him in hell for eternity.  Sin is seemingly pleasurable temporarily, but after this, you'll see your life and your relationship with your family are in the midst of mess or separation.  The once happy and harmonious family is now at the brink of collapse.  The children are no longer motivated to study, some are now indulge in different vices, some entered in unwanted relationship, some are now in jail or in rehabilitation centers, counseling sessions, hospital or in the cemetery.  These are now the true picture of life of all people in the world who are living in sin.  And even the people who said that they are Christians, who once so excited in their new found faith, faithful in attending all ministries where the words of God are taught, shared his means to the needy, give his tithes faithfully, share his faith to other people, active in the prayer meeting and other church ministries, on-time in his work and doing his best in his work for the glory of God and others.  But now, all of these or at least, part of these have gone cause he forgot his first love to God.  He was swayed away of the pattern and system of his community and of the world.  He loves the world and its lust more than God.  He is like the prodigal son and unless he comes to realization of his present need and will ask God for forgiveness, he will be drowned into sin and its consequences continually or even to suffer in hell for eternity.  For God is holy and all who say they are children of God must live a holy life too (I Peter 1:16).  "...without holiness no one will see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14).

My friend, if you need to find true meaning and purpose in life, admit to yourself that you need Jesus as your only Savior.  You can't help yourself.  Be humble to say, Lord I need you, I'm asking for your forgiveness, I became proud and thinking that I can manage my life on my own.  My mind and my heart are full of lust and selfishness.  I set you aside and became so engrossed of the things of this world and had no room in my mind about you and your word.  My life is now in the midst of mess.  Help me to fix it again and give me a chance to change.  I'm so sorry and I need you.  I'm now accepting you as my Lord and Savior.  Come into my heart and I will follow you as my Lord, my Savior and my King now and until you come again.  Thank you for your understanding, forgiveness and love and for the eternal life that you promised to all who will receive you as Lord and Savior.  Thank you for the new chance that you gave me to redirect my life for the better and to become like you.  So help me God and thank you so much.

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PS.  Please memorize at least one bible verse a week to help you become strong and wise in life

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What Satan and his followers are doing right now?

From the garden of Eden and up to now, Satan was deceiving our forefathers to disobey the commandment of God not to eat the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, and they were deceived and ate the fruit.  They disobeyed God which was the starting point of the fall of humanity into sin.  Because of sin, all were died, "For the wages of sin is death, both physical and spiritual or the everlasting separation of man from the presence of God" Romans 3:23.  And the book of John says, "The thief or Satan came here on earth to steal, to kill, and to destroy all relationship, but Jesus came to give life and to have this more abundantly" John 10:10.  Up to now Satan and his followers, the fallen angels are doing their very best quickly for they knew that their end is soon to come and Satan wants that all people on earth will be with him in hell, his permanent tormenting and punishment place for eternity with all whom he may deceive too.

We can't see Satan and the fallen angels but we can know their presence and operations where there are killings, robbery, immorality, worshiping of Satan in some states of the United States of America and the world, legalization of the same-sex marriage, selfishness, unforgiving spirit, lusts, sensuality, focusing of ones mind to get rich, to be on top of the society, adultery, breaking up of so many relationships, unwanted child, drinking of too much wine, legalization of gambling, having a form of godliness but can't forgive his brother or sister or parents, and more.  God created the world and he owns this, Genesis 1 but Satan wants to own it cause he knew that he is the prince of this world II Corinthians 4:4; John 12:31; 14:30.  Satan our enemy prowls like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour I Peter 5:8. He has no any good purpose to mankind except to destroy everything.  All activities that lead people away from God are of the devil, therefore, we should have no part on these.

If Satan is always on the offensive move right now, we as true believers and followers of Jesus Christ should also be in the offensive move and not let ourselves be deceived by his very tricky and evil schemes like what he did to our forefathers and the people today.  We have to be self-controlled and alert I Peter 5:8.  Fill our mind with the words of God regularly Philippians 4:8-18, always pray with
all kinds of prayer I Thessalonians 5:17, change our mind set and renewed our mind to become like Christ and not to conform to the pattern and system of this world Romans 12:1-2, Resist the devil and he flee from you James 4:7, Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth...that your life will become prosperous and successful Joshua 1:8, endure hardships or accept these as God's discipline for he disciplined all his true children for the better until he comes again Hebrews 12:5-6.

We have to strengthen our faith till the second coming of Jesus Christ and focus our eyes on him, the author and finisher or perfecter of our faith.  For our citizenship is in heaven, the place he prepared for all whom he saved through his blood that was shed on the cross Philippians 3:20.  Let us continue to pray that he will find us faithful in obeying his words and be a part of the proclamation of the good news of salvation to all through our lives, personal testimony, good works with love and holiness for the sake of others even without anything in return, lead others to the saving knowledge of Jesus and don't let them to perish in hell for eternity Matthew 25:23; 28:18-20. As our expression of great thanks to the sacrificial act of God through Jesus just to save us from the power of sin and its punishment, let us share this truth also to others as long as we still have the freedom to do it.  As what the message of a song says, "Only one life so soon it will pass, only what's done for Christ will last".  Don't waste the wonderful and great salvation we received by faith through Jesus, the grace of God.  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" John 3:16.

For more messages about life, hope, peace, meaning in life, guide to overcome sin and Satan, visit our website at savelifewithjoy.com or go to our blogs at hopeandlifeforyou.com and Eugenio "EJ" Juarez or email us at agn623@gmail.com for your comments, suggestions and prayer requests.  Do Pray that our powerful and living God will use also the church that he entrusted to us in order to lead more people to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and to strengthen the faith of the believers to overcome so many issues in life and to become fruitful for the kingdom until the second coming of Christ our King.

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Why The Lord Will Answer My Prayer?

Short Background of the Authorship, Date and Recipients Of The Book Of James.

The book was written by the Apostle James, the brother of Jesus in 49 A.D. before the Jerusalem council in 50 A.D.  This was written to the Jewish Christians who were scattered in the Mediterranean world because of the persecutions.  The main focus of this book is to give the believers then and today the practical guidelines to have true understanding of the following: true religion, true faith, and true wisdom.

Hindrances to Answer My Prayer (James 4:1-12).

James wrote the Jewish believers to remind and clarify them the acceptable kind of relationship they should have in the church.  He taught them that God will only hear their prayers if there is no quarreling and fighting among the believers in the church; if there is no killing and covetousness that should exist within just to get something for personal gain; that prayer needs pure motive and not to satisfy one's personal interest; that they should not be friend with the evil system of the world that teaches envy, selfish interest, pride, hard headed attitude, gossip, judgmental attitude and others.  Instead, if they want the Lord will answer their prayers, they should live with humbleness, let love reigns in their personal life, family, church, working relationship and dealing with other people, learn to trust others and not to become judgmental,  don't destroy others integrity because of gossiping or sharing false information, and to submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.  These are the proofs of a true child and follower of God.

If a Christian lives in sin, he can't resist the devil cause sin is Satan's controlling power in the life of man.  Man and even a Christian will lose his inner strength to say no to temptation.  Unbelievers are already controlled by Satan because of sins in them but if a person truly accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior yet he still living in sin, his position in Christ is questionable and he might not really a child of God.  He accepted Jesus based on different shallow reasons like pressure from the family and other people, personal interest and fear of hell, he is used to have a good life and doesn't want to suffer, and others, not really and wholeheartedly willing to leave his sins, and to suffer and die for Christ.  His decision was motivated by earthly things that last temporarily.  The word of God is very clear to say that all who belong to God hear what God says and they obey his word continually and hold on to these daily John 8:31-32; 47.

Rewards of the true child of God and who obeys his Word faithfully.

First, God will answer his prayer.  He can claim God many promises in his word like in Mark 11:24 that says, "Whatsoever you ask for in prayer, believe that you received it and this will be yours.  Jeremiah 33:3, "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know".  Second, he can resist the devil and the devil will flee from him James 4:7.  A true Christian can command Satan to go away from him cause God through his Holy Spirit is living in him and Satan can't touch him.  That is the result if a Christian lives a holy life.  The presence of God will not depart from a true obedient child of God.  He is always strong and victorious in the midst of issues and hardships in life.  Like Job, when great storms in life came to him like the losing of all his wealth, death of all his three daughters and seven sons at the same time, suffering pain physically from head to toe.  He made to overcome all of these and never blamed God nor questioned him why those painful experiences came to him.  He never sinned but had learned to make a wise decision to be faithful to his God and to praise him that's why God restored more than twice everything that were lost from him caused God was so pleased in his life Job 1-42.  Lastly, God will lift him up James 4:10.  Like Joseph, one of the twelve sons of Jacob.  He suffered so much from the hands of his brothers but he remained patient and faced all odds in life.  He became faithful in small things and did his very best to glorify God in all things that he does until the Pharaoh of Egypt made him the next person to his throne caused he found favor to God and Joseph was exalted to the prominent position of power of other land because he lived a holy life.  He pleased God Genesis 37-50.

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